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IND vs SA Final: The names of the umpires for the T20 World Cup final have been announced. Indian cricket fans can heave a sigh of relief from the fact that Richard Kettleborough is not named as the field umpire. This time the field umpire will be Chris Gaffney and Richard Illingworth. Richard Kettleborough will play a TV umpire. Apart from this, Rodney Tucker will be the fourth umpire for the final match. The T20 World Cup final is going to be played between India and South Africa. Earlier, there was no Kettleborough umpire in the semi-final match against England.
Whenever umpiring happened, India lost
Let us tell you that whenever Richard Kettleborough has umpired in ICC knockout matches, India has lost. This has happened not once or twice, but six times. In such a situation, all Indian fans pray that Richard Kettleborough should not be seen in the role of field umpire before the knockout matches of the ICC tournament. Since 2014, Richard Kettleborough has umpired several ICC knockout matches, the other being India. In which India got the 2014 award t20 World Cup2015 ODI World Cup Semi-Final, 2016 T20 World Cup They lost the semi-final, 2017 Champions Trophy final, 2019 ODI World Cup semi-final and 2023 ODI World Cup final.
| Connection between Kettleborough and Team India’s defeat |
| year | event | result |
| 2014 | T20 World Cup Final | Defeated by Sri Lanka |
| 2015 | ODI World Cup Semi-Final | Defeated against Australia |
| 2016 | T20 World Cup Semi-Final | Defeated against West Indies |
| 2017 | Champions Trophy Final | Defeated by Pakistan |
| 2019 | ODI World Cup Semi-Final | Defeated against New Zealand |
| 2023 | ODI World Cup Final | Defeated against Australia |
The final will be played between India and South Africa
It may be mentioned that the final match of ICC T20 World Cup will be played on Saturday. This match will be played between India and South Africa. The South African team made it to the final by beating Afghanistan badly in the first match. Meanwhile, India suffered a crushing defeat against England on Thursday. In this match played in Guyana, after captain Rohit Sharma’s half-century (57 runs), Akshar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav’s brilliant bowling saw India defeat the defending champions England by 68 runs. With this win, India avenged their 10-wicket defeat against England in the semi-finals of this tournament in 2022.